Job Description

Grade UE07: 40,497 - 48,149 per annum pro rata

CAHSS / School of Health in Social Science / Counselling, Psychotherapy and Applied Social Sciences

Guaranteed hours - Minimum 97 hours per annum

Open-ended

The Opportunity:

We are looking for Professional Tutors to serve as Professional Development Mentors (PDM) to postgraduate students on the programmes in Counselling and Psychotherapy.


You will offer one to one mentoring to students on the Counselling and Psychotherapy Programmes to contribute to their personal and professional development. You will have 7 to 10 mentees with whom you will meet regularly through the two years of their programme. You will be paid for meetings with students and with staff, and in addition for preparation, supervision of your mentoring work, personal scholarship, and writing reports and references for students. Further benefits include holiday pay, sick pay and pension contributions.

Your skills and attributes for success:

You will be a qualified practitioner in Counselling and Psychotherapy, holding professional accreditation with a relevant Counselling and Psychotherapy professional body (COSCA, BACP, UKCP or equivalent) or eligibility to apply for accreditation You will have a professional qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy, with a specialism in the person-centred approach, in psychodynamic perspectives or in the dialogue between them You will have experience in promoting the professional development of trainees in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy You will have experience of contributing to assessing students in their practice competence You will be able to take responsibility for organising your own activities You will have the ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

A competitive salary. An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community. Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.


Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).


On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is

5th August 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.


Interviews are likely to be held in week commencing

week beginning 25

th

August 2025

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Please contact Sharan Collins, Director of Professional Programmes sharan.collins@ed.ac.uk or Head of Subject Area,

Counselling, Psychotherapy and Applied Social Sciences

, if you have any queries about the role.